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I don't consider myself a "vampire" or any such thing, but I certainly have an affection for "gothic" and darker aesthetics & culture, including vampire tales. I'm most definitely a day sleeper and a night owl. I work nights, which suits this tendency just fine. I'm a 911/police dispatcher for a local PD. I'm a heathen, a bookworm, and a bit of a loner.

I have a fondness for:
Art, wit, humor, intelligence, creativity, music, graveyards, Audrey Hepburn, trees, dogs, snakes, mythology, occult, books, craft brew and home-brewing, mead, cooking, skulls, moonlight, devilish imagery, pagan imagery.

Some of my favorite music:
Eivor Palsdottir, Emperor, Skye Edwards, Lunar Aurora, Rauhnacht, Natacha Atlas, Temnozor, Arkona, Djerv, Austere, Azam Ali, Elend, Tristania, Nightwish, Carina Round, The Gathering, Ihsahn, Drudkh, One Eyed Doll, Behemoth, Anneke van Giersbergen, Burzum, Within Temptation, Kimberly Freeman, Carpathian Forest, Hate Forest, Xandria, King Diamond, Borknagar, Shining, Svarttjern, Naglfar, Mercyful Fate, Niyaz, Tori Amos, Finntroll, Marduk, Morcheeba, Skin, Opeth, Dimmu Borgir, Ghost, Blind Guardian, Noora Noor, After Forever, Skunk Anansie, Siebenburgen, (older) Iced Earth, Angel Dust, Therion, Symphony X, Sonata Arctica, Edenbridge, Darkthrone, Summoning... black metal, folk music/metal, female singer-songwriters, obscure alternative, power metal, thrash, death metal, celtic, classical, gothic.